The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-11-19

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An elsotric-l;eht system has bssn
adopted ~ the town Of Greenville.
william Eberhard's residences
burned g Bronson Monday; loss $500. /
The big toboggan aide at Char
lotto has been put In order for the
winter.
--BurRlers entered the saloon Of J.
n. Smith, at Muskegon, lately and
robbed Il Of $l25.
The question Of prohibition win
be submitted 70 the voters Of Van
Buren, county Dec. 4.
IN. ]. Scott, postmaster OF Vernon,
Huron county, died 1T Sault ste. Marie
very suddenly, Oct IL, while there on
business.
The new iron bridge r. Grand
Ledge viii be completed In another
week. and trains will be running be-
tween Grand Rapids and Detroit by
the route by Dec. Is.
An attempt was made to wreck
NJ VA ~ '"%Ah F"o'&AHrA 1@At< A'<s*&
Menominee by placing cordwood on
the track, but the engineer discovered
the obstruction In time to prevent .
catastrophe.
"A home for aged baptist minis
tiers mas been established at Fenton.
A $4,000 building--a beautiful stone
eoitice has been generously donated.
and sixteen acres OF land are included
In the gift. Now $4,000 IL required TO
put tine building INK proper shape for
o--ftsapancy. The CO.. buttons tor last
& thRnau9ted TO Z f9l209.
y n.y. ial m fng Of the Mich
/society and the
& M pers' association for
r,s1ian NJ. ointly at East Sag
ignaN Monday evening,
Dec. luing through the
week. Al there are many matters in
which the members OF the organiza-
tions are mutually interested, they ex-
pect this meeting will be both pleasant
and profitable to all concerned.
The Detroit police have arrested
William and Matthew Monaghan.
brothers, for shooting Policeman Lom-
bard. William was taken before the
wounded man by detective and in
troduced as friend. AS soon as
Lombard caught sight of his face he
said, "My God, that Is the man who
shot me-" Lombard identified Mat
thew as the burglar who ran when the
shot was fired.
Sunday evening i've young men
Of Hillsdale hired livery rig and
started for Jonesyille, six miles.
While on the way they lost control OF
the horses, and were upset. James
Dorey broke his leg above the ankle
the bone pretending through the flesh
three inches. He also sustained inter
nal injuries, and now lies In preca-
rious condition. The other members
OF the party escaped with slight
bruises.
DIR. David G. Powers died at his
home in Coldwater at $50 o'clock
Friday morning after an illness OF
several weeks. He was born in Croy-
don, N. H., June 80, 1922, and went To
Coldwater in 1852, and resided there
ever since. He was surgeon in the
army during the late war and twice
filled the position of Mayor Of Cold
water. He was director of the 5.
M. National Bank and vestryman In
st. Marks Church. He leaves wife
and one daughter. His funeral oc-
CURED Sunday afternoon.
james Wells, a rich old farmer OF
Amboy, Mich, got into a controversy
Saturday with James White about
money matters. White, aged 40
struck Wells, when the latter returned
the blow and struck white on the head
with stick OF stove wood. After a
few hours White died and Wells was
lodged in Jail. The people of the vi
cinity are much stirred up over the
affair, as White was prominent citi-
zen Wells committed suicide In the
jail at Hillsdale Monday night He
left his property, amounting to &c.
600. to the widow of his victim.
The jury In the libel case at De-
troit of Il. n. Monroe, Of Howell
against Joseph Geboulong. brought In
a verdict In favor Of the plaintiff,
awarding him $500 damages. The
case arose from n letter which was
published in the Detroit Free Press,
which inferred that Mr.. Monroe burned
his own building. or caused II to be
burned. Mr.. Monroe was prominent
Prohibitionist, and during the last
campaign his store Was burned. The